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Source Description
The painted scenes on this plate depicting the Passion of Christ include the betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas (right); the arrest and condemnation by the Jews (left); the bearing of the cross (top); the Crucifixion (middle); and the resurrection (bottom). At least one of the scenes (the condemnation or the Scourging at the Pillar) is based on a Florentine woodcut from the devotional writings of Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498).
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Document identity
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123306
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Plate Depicting Christ’s Passion
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123306
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object
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Plate Depicting Christ’s Passion
description
The painted scenes on this plate depicting the Passion of Christ include the betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas (right); the arrest and condemnation by the Jews (left); the bearing of the cross (top); the Crucifixion (middle); and the resurrection (bottom). At least one of the scenes (the condemnation or the Scourging at the Pillar) is based on a Florentine woodcut from the devotional writings of Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498).
date
c. 1510
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778692
creators
15261
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
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Italy, Florentine region, Cafaggiolo
accession
1943.55
Source extras
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
tombstone
Plate Depicting Christ’s Passion, c. 1510. Attributed to Painter of the Royal Procession (Italian). Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica); diameter: 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1943.55
collection
Decorative Arts
didYouKnow
During the Renaissance, scenes from the Christian Bible were prominently featured on maiolica, covering the surface in a style called<em> istoriato</em> (decorated with stories).
citations
citation
Balniel, Lord, Kenneth Clark, and Ettore Modigliana. <em>Exhibition of Italian Art. A Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of Italian Art Held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House</em>. London: Oxford University Press, 1931.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 315
citation
Longhurst, M. H., A. F. Kendrick, Bernard Rackham, and Wilfred Buckley. "The Italian Exhibition." <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em> 56, no. 322 (June 1930): 9-31.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 21
url
www.jstor.org/stable/864244
citation
Milliken, William M. "Italian Majolica." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>31, no. 1 (January 1944): 7-15.
page_number
Mentioned: p 14; Reproduced p. 11
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141102
citation
Pillsbury, Edmund P. <em>Florence and the Arts; Five Centuries of Patronage. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 97
citation
Alinari, Alessandro. <em>Il pittore della processione papale: un ceramista toscano del Rinascimento.</em> Firenze : Edizioni Polistampa, 2020.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 41-45
citation
Hilary, John. <em>Magnates & Masterpieces: The German-Jewish Collectors of Edwardian Britain.</em> New Haven: Yale University Press, 2025.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 77, fig. 4.15
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:20:37.833000
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123306
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
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male
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